Railroad-tie.



R. R. MCNTYRE.

RAILROAD TIE.

APPLlcATloN FILED :uN: 6.1916.

1 ,1 98,248. Patenfed Sept. 12, 1916.

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RoBERjr'R. MCINTYRE, or rLonEixzA, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 12, 1916.

" 'r'giiigi pp'ii'atin fixed April 4, 191s, serial No. 89,154. Divided and uns application niedfnine .pa-,1916.

Serial No. 102,048.

T 0 all whom 'it may Gontier-tn:

Be it known `that I, Roimn'r R. Molij'ri'n, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fiorenza, in thev county of Jefferson and'. -State of Pennsylvania, havev invented-cer# tain new anduseful Improvement-s in Rail= lroad-Ties, of which the following is a specitication.v i

This invention relates to an improved railroad tie and the principal object of the invention is to provide.v a tie which vcan be formed of metal vand preferably of sheet metal, an improved base and rail supporting structure being provided and also improved means for' holding the rail engaging plates in engagementwith the tie being provided.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, whereinzl Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional viewthrough the improved tie. .F ig. 2 is a longitudinabse'ctional View through a .slightly modified form of the'imprdved tie. Fig'. 3 isfa :transversef-.sectional viewtaken along-v the line 3'-.3^of .Figil.v Fig. 41s a trans- *ver'se sectionalview taken along the line 1 4 of Fig; 1.

The body portion indicated in general by the numeral l10 has: anv upper wallv 11, Yside walls 12Sand end walls .13.- vThe' upper wall is depressedadjacent the ends of tliehbody portion to provide tlieprail seat 14 andV the side walls 12 are pressed inwardly to provide pockets 15 into which pass the bolts 1G serving to hold the rail engaging plates 17 in engagement with thebody portion 10.

These plates 17 which engage the rails 18 may be formed either as shown in Figs. 1

and 4. or as shown in Figs. 3 and 2, the plates I' shown in Figs. 1 and L engaging the bases of the rails with two -platesfor each side of the rails and in Figs. 2 and 3, a. single plate being providedfor each side of the rail and provided with countersunk seats 19 for the heads of the bolts 1G and with enlarged heads 17 resembling fish plates andextending along the webs of thel rails and provided with openings through which securing bolts 2() may pass to connect adjoining rails.

The base "21 in Figs; 1 and 4A extends the full length of the tie and is provided with end walls 22 and sidewalls 23, the sidewalls' boing pressed inwardly to provide pockets 24 to receive the pockets 15 of the body portion. By means of this structure, tlie body portion and base will be prevented from having independent longitudinal movement i and thus strain -will be lessened uponf -the end walls 13and 272..' These pocket'sflirt'her permit the body ,portion 'moi-efdowni ing and becoiningl'oo's'ened. Pinslwh'iclr-are pins serving to holdl tli'el springs vin-placeand in the proper position'so'tli'atii'li'e'n'ftliei train passes over the traekfftlieweiglit" of the train will lbe taken up by'thelspifings. In the forni showni'n 2"'an'df'3',L-`the base is in two sectiones'QIv which' havefjele'- scoping engagementl with 'thebo'dy portion.

and may if desired be providdwithl pockets similar to the poclcets'fl. ,Bolt'skii` pins similar to the pins25 are-provided idfextend from the iai`l "seafts 1 4 'through the-base sections 27 and `pass tlirougl'i'l vsprings similar to the springs '26. What is claiiiied f.

v1'. A 'e comprising a body-portion -liav- .so

ing an upper wall provided adjacent its ends with struck-in portions-forming' "rail'ffseats, said body, portion being y providedf'witlr! end walls and with side vwalls;providedf"with struck-in portions forming"v poc'zl'ets` ai-ponv opposite sides of said rail -lseats,`railfeigag ing plates fitting upoiithe 'u perswall of Y said body portion i'nd'ex'teir ing "over the rail seats, fasteners passing" tliroiiglr said plates and the upper wal ofthe body "p0rtion into said pocketsf,oJ ,ase'fseotion*posi-V tioned beneath saidbody portion :iiid 'having telescoping engagement ther-ewitli, zpins lexy tending from the rail scats'througli 'thelbase section, and supporting springsfpos'itioned about said pins between Ysaid-rail" seatsand base section. i l

2. A tie comprising a body portioir'having an upper wall, end walls and sidewalls,

the side walls being provided witli striickdn portions forming pockets and the: upper: wall being provided with rail seats positioned be-V tween the pockets, a base l'Jositioned'beneath said body portion and having cndwalls and side walls engaging the walis of the "body portion, the side walls ofthe being provided with struck-in portions forming pocliets receiving the pockets of saidbody portion, rail engaging plates fitting upon said body portion and extending over the rail A supporting means positioned between said `base and the upper wall of said body portion beneath the rail seats.

3. A railroad tie comprising a body por- `tion having rail seats and fastener receiving pockets positioned upon opposite sides of said rail seats, a base extending beneath each of said rail seats, resilient supporting means positioned beneath each of said rail seats and engaging the same to yieldably support the body portion7 and pins extending frpm` the rail seats through the resilient supporting means.

4. A tie comprising a body portion haw ing side walls provided with struck-in por- Ooptel of this patent may be obtained for tive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

l tions forming fastener receiving pockets, rail engaging means resting upon said body portion, fasteners passing through said rail engaging means and intoA said pockets, a base extending beneath the ends of said body portion and having telesooping engagement therewith, pins extending from said body portion and extending through the base at the respective ends of the body portion, and resilient supporting means positioned about said pins and engaging said body portion to yieldably support the body ort-ion.

In testimony whereof I a x my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT R. MCINTYRE.

Witnesses:

GUY D. WEAVER,

ALEXANDER ANDERSON.

Washington, D. C. 

